Coriaria plumosa
Poisonous plant
Common names
feathery tutu, mountain tutu, small-leaved tutu
Biostatus
Native – Endemic taxon
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Simplified description
Low-growing bushy spreading shrub consisting of many erect branches bearing feathery dark green narrow pointed leaves 6-8mm long by 1.5-3mm wide, widest near base of leaf. Inhabiting open upland areas. Branches square in cross-section, soft. Fruit black, arranged in a short spike.
Distribution
North Island from Mount Egmont and Mount Hikurangi south and throughout South Island.
Habitat
Occurs in lowland to lower subalpine zones on alluvial ground, grassland, stream-beds and debris slopes.
Current conservation status
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2022-2023 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS) – more information about this can be found on the NZTCS website. This report includes replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Previous assessments can be found here.
Please note, threat classifications are often suggested by authors when publications fall between NZTCS assessment periods – these interim threat classification statuses has not been assessed by the NZTCS panel.
- Conservation status of vascular plants in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023. 2024. Peter J. de Lange, Jane Gosden, Shannel P. Courtney, Alexander J. Fergus, John W. Barkla, Sarah M. Beadel, Paul D. Champion, Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls, Troy Makan and Pascale Michel Department of Conservation. Source: NZTCS and licensed by DOC for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
2023 | Not Threatened
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Coriariaceae
Synonyms
Coriaria lurida var. parviflora Cockayne et Allan; Coriaria lurida complex sensu Allan (1961)
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Life cycle and dispersal
Fleshy berries are dispersed by frugivory (Thorsen et al., 2009).
Other information
Poisonous plant
All Coriaria species are poisonous especially the seed inside the black berries. Click on this link for more information about Poisonous native plants.
Etymology
coriaria: From the Latin corium ‘hide’, possibly from the use of some species for tanning leather
plumosa: Feathery
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
CORPLU
Previous conservation statuses
2017 | Not Threatened
2012 | Not Threatened
2009 | Not Threatened
2004 | Not Threatened